riverfront

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Recent Examples of riverfront Each spring, vibrant pink Eastern redbuds brighten Pittsburgh's riverfronts and cityscapes. Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025 The riverfront town’s proximity to picturesque Gulf beaches and islands is just another facet of Bradenton’s seemingly endless charm. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2025 As part of that referendum, the developers would commit investing at least $30 million in the complex, build a new seawall and public riverfront and pay 50% more to the city in rent. Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2025 Official vendors concentrate in Jackson Square, the Old U.S. Mint and along the riverfront. Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for riverfront
Recent Examples of Synonyms for riverfront
Noun
  • Pawtucket has cleaned up its industrial riverside in recent years though, turning once neglected brownfield sites into prime real estate.
    Steve Price, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
  • The grove also houses two ancient palaces and nine riverside worship points, each maintained by priests or priestesses who inherit their roles through their family lineage.
    Ogar Monday, Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • The smell of pyro filled the air, with clouds of blue fog visible from the club’s new home on Liverpool’s waterfront a couple of miles away.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • Onlookers continued to gather on the waterfront to watch the spectacle.
    Ruth Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • Buda Mendes—Getty Images Among the mourners clustered along the riverbank next to the Vatican were scores of youths wearing bright green T-shirts and scarves.
    Aryn Baker, Time, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Hikers there can spot wading birds like great blue herons and American avocets, find shells on the riverbanks, and wander the thick cottonwood galleries on their shores.
    Adam Roy, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The couple lounge by the pool and sip on cocktails at the oceanfront location, which is actually El Conquistador Resort.
    Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 9 May 2025
  • Located on the 24-mile Santa Rosa Island, just across the bridge from bustling Destin, Okaloosa Island is a three-mile stretch of beach that also contains the oceanfront community of Fort Walton Beach.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • For a more secluded experience, head to St. Andrews State Park, which has 1½ miles of pristine shorefront that isn’t lined with hotels and buildings.
    Staff Author, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Although Winnetka would hardly be the first affluent community where private residents have been accused of monopolizing water access (see Malibu, East Hampton, Nantucket, and Half Moon Bay), few places in America are more touchy about their shorefront than Chicago.
    Ben Ryder Howe, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2024

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“Riverfront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riverfront. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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